Engineering Lead - Service Transition

Who are we and what do we do?
Corteva Agriscience intends to separate into two independent companies on or about October 1, 2026. It is Corteva’s current intention, that this position will align with the Seed Company, Vylor, at the time of the intended separation. 

The Vylor innovation engine will be anchored in the agriculture industry’s most elite germplasm and transformative biotech. The company will leverage its next generation scientific expertise in disciplines like gene editing and molecular breeding to further strengthen its core business while exploring opportunities to expand to new row crops – and potentially beyond. Vylor will scale these innovations using its leading routes-to-market and by significantly expanding its licensing business.

An Engineering Lead - Service Transition is a team member responsible for managing and overseeing the change, release, and deployment processes within the IT organization, ensuring that IT services are delivered and maintained effectively while minimizing disruptions. This role involves implementing ITIL best practices to manage changes to IT systems, overseeing the release of new and updated systems, and ensuring smooth deployments. The role reports to the IOCS IT Service Management Leader.

The ideal candidate for this position has a proven record of accomplishment of blending strategic planning, operational management, and leadership skills that ensure the efficient functioning of their products and services. The candidate needs to be comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and highly matrixed environment. This includes working with ambiguity, creating operational maturity vs. having it already in place, and having successful experience managing operations and hiring and developing talent.
 
What is an Engineering Lead - Service Transition Skills and Behaviors?

• Business IQ: knowledge and understanding of the product family business processes and IT implications; growing knowledge of the overall Corteva business capabilities and outcomes for their products.
• Technical IQ: Technical depth in areas or technologies of infrastructure or end user compute engineering and potential specialization in other technologies deployed across the domain.
• Stays Curious: Deep understanding of Corteva strategic/operational challenges and determines how to meet current and emerging business needs. Stay aware of new and emerging technologies, and their potential value to Corteva.
• Supports Common Ways of Working: Creates a culture that embraces industry best practices and innovation through collaboration with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Strategic partnering: building credibility with team and Pos by consistently delivering on commitments, solving problems, and having a “can do” attitude.
• Communications: excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Customer Focused: Strong commitment to delivering high-quality IT services and maintaining customer satisfaction.

Primary Responsibilities - How will you help us Grow!

• Develop and Implement Change Management Processes.
• Evaluate and approve change requests based on risk, impact, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate and communicate changes with relevant stakeholders to ensure minimal disruption to services and operations.
• Develop and implement release management strategies.
• Coordinate the release of new or updated IT services.
• Maintain detailed release documentation.
• Plan and manage the deployment of new or updated IT services and systems.
• Oversee the execution of deployment activities.
• Validate all deployments.
• Regularly review and assess change, release, and deployment processes to identify areas for improvement. Implement process enhancements to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to change, release, and deployment activities.
• Create 12–18-month product roadmaps that incorporate the needs of process practitioners and meet the business need.
• Collaborate with IT teams, business units, and external vendors to ensure alignment and effective communication throughout the change, release, and deployment processes.
• Develop and deliver communications regarding changes, releases, and deployments to all relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure that all change, release, and deployment activities comply with organizational policies, ITIL best practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in audits and reviews of change, release, and deployment processes.
• Develop and deliver training programs for IT staff and other stakeholders on change, release, and deployment processes and best practices